Ready to hit the road

Well, it's now our final week in London. We had a nice going away party at our flat last night (Saturday). It was great to see everyone before we head off.

We might as well start our first real post by showing our itinerary.

The summarized version:

Oct 20 - London to Beijing
late October - Beijing, Shanghai (for Karen's brother Brian's wedding) and on to Tibet
early November - Nepal
mid to late November - India
Dec 4 - Mumbai to Bangkok
early Dec - Thailand and possibly Angkor Wat
Dec 11 - Bangkok to Manila
mid Dec - Philippines
Dec 26 - Manila to Sydney
New Year's and early Jan - Australia
Jan 19 - Brisbane to Auckland
late Jan, early Feb - New Zealand
Feb 9 (landing Feb 8!!) - Auckland to Tahiti
Feb 12 - Tahiti to Easter Island
Feb 15 - Easter Island to Santiago, Chile
Feb 16 - Santiago to Rio (in time for Carnival!)
Feb 25 - March 7 - Antarctica
March through early May - South America, itinerary TBD but including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, possibly Bolivia, definitely Peru and Ecuador
May 4 - Quito, Ecuador to New York
May - US - Boston, NYC, Philly, DC, Chicago
Jun 6 - Boston to London

We're both extremely excited to begin this adventure and hopefully this blog will let other people experience a bit of it with us.